Dreams of the Golden Vase

Name: Dreams of the Golden Vase
Author: Qingyuan Xiyu

金瓶梦迷

by Qingyuan Xiyu (清渊汐语)

Status: Completed
Length: 377k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 4mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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5.8Score

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Synopsis

The moon over Linqing shines on the Customs House sails Whose romance does the Qing River hide at night? Cooking smoke drifts over Zishi Street, through centuries gone by Who still awaits that unfinished fate? Embroidered shoes shatter the bluestone path The wine's fragrance has intoxicated countless eyes Lights flicker atop Lion Tower, like the passing years Who, behind the curtain, secretly clicks the abacus? Plum blossoms in a golden vase, who pities the ill-fated beauty? A pot of springtime exchanged for a few sighs The wind from the west, the rain on East Street Cannot disperse that bowl of medicine, still warm beside the pillow Plum blossoms in a golden vase, all splendor fades like clouds and smoke A moment's greedy pleasure, a lifetime of debts unpaid The Grand Canal flows day and night But cannot wash away that aching obsession, still circling in dreams Madam Wang's tea brews all the warmth of the world away Laiwang runs himself ragged crossing the threshold The coat in the pawnshop still holds a little warmth Whose riches, whose tears of blood, who will reckon the cost? The moon over Linqing still shines on the Customs House Only that entanglement from the dreams of long ago is gone “Eldest Brother, it's time to take your medicine.” Locations: Linqing Customs House, Zishi Street, Lion Tower, the Grand Canal That bowl of medicine: a death metaphor running through the entire story · Transmigration and destiny: “Who still awaits that unfinished fate?” subtly echoes the premise of a modern soul transmigrating, told in a narrative style.

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